Jurassic Poop - The scoop on U.S. Coprolites

[L Roebuck]

Dad inspired 'Jurassic Park,' son inspires 'Jurassic Poop'
Book reveals how ancient poop has the inside scoop on US past

Jurassic Poop also reveals that more than 1000 human coprolites have been collected from Hinds Cave in the Chihuahuan desert in southwest Texas, making the site the largest human coprolite cache ever found.

The fossilized specimens were deposited by ancient Americans over the course of about 8000 years. The book notes that these human remains are about 95-per cent fibre. That's about 15 times the amount of fibre the average American eats today. Hendrik Poinar is now collaborating with Vaughn Bryant of Texas A&M University to extract genetic information from the Hinds Cave coprolites.

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[Brian Roebuck]

It is interesting to see what cave scientists get excited over these days! Great book title BTW - worthy of Dr B himself. It tickles the coprolites out of me.